I could think up of a story.
Open to a scene of Fuedal Japan, where there is a village being burned down by some unseen invisible force. Villagers are running for their lives, samurai are trying their best to deal with those who need help and trying to fight this invisible assailant. We see alot of samurai being killed, all but one Samurai of course who manages to get a lucky strike on the assailant and reveales it to be a Predator Hunter. The Hunter draws out his wristblades and engages the samurai in a bloody battle, and in the end, the samurai kills the Predator and calls him an "Oni", believing the Predator to be one. The samurai turns and walks away, bloody, beaten and almost killed but lives on to fight another day.
We see another invisible Predator step into view and through his POV, we watch him stare as the samurai walks away.
Cut to modern day Japan, Tokyo.
The Yakuza are running rampant, smuggling drugs, extortion, prostitution. The Japanese police are once again trying to regain control of the streets of Tokyo and are doing a failing job of it. Businesses are in debted to the Yakuza clans and establishing dominance in the underground world. Enter Boss Takahashi, established dominant leader of the Yakuza clans, and the descendent of a samurai bloodline.
Thing suddenly go wrong when the killings begin when several Yakuza members are killed in an attempt to take their protection money from a small family business. Boss Takashi is the only survivor, baring witness to the deaths of his comrades by an invisible killer. Takahashi begins to lose his established dominance in the Yakuza underworld because of his fears and rumors that it was he who had killed his comrades.
Police are also investigating the killings, trying their best to discover who is killing Yakuza leaders and gang members. Reports of the events in Los Angels circa 1997 are brought up and police believe it to be a copy cat killer. We are introduced to Detective Keiko Nirasawa, widower and single parent who lost her husband to Boss Takahashi in a crossfire shootout ten years ago. Upon learning that the killer has spared her husband's killer, she decides to investigate-- with ulterior motives tempting her to get some form retribution for her husband's death at Takahashi's hands.
Cut to Takashi's home. We see him sitting in the middle of his Ancestor's shrine, trying to find answers as to what to do and how to cope with what he has seen. We then transition to where Takashi was but a boy and his father, who was also head of the Yakuza at the time, tells him the story of the creature who plundered a village and many, many samurai and how it was his ancestor who killed the beast with a family heirloom-- the very katana which was used to kill the Predator who plundered the village back in Fuedal era. Transition to present day once more and we see Boss Takahashi's little girl, Kimiko, walking in and talking to her father, instilling a sense of courage in him. Realizing that he maybe next to die, and coming to accept that, Takahashi takes the katana from the display case and walks out.
Cut to the streets of Tokyo, a club scene where Yakuza bosses, exlcuding Takahashi are sharing a drink and discussing who is behind the killings. And to ensure that no one tries to kill them, there are tons of body guards packing intense heat. This is just bait for the Predator to take, and we get shoot out happening. The bosses are killed, the guards are killed-- heads and weapons are taken as trophies by the Predator. At the last minute, both Takahashi and Nirasawa both catch sight of the Predator and try to kill it, but fail in doing so, and the Predator escapes. However, Takahashi and Nirasawa exchange a dialogue and realize that they need to work together in taking down this extraterrestrial killer.
.....Thats the basic gist of my idea. I'd cast Meisa Kuroki as Nirasawa and Ken Watanabe as Boss Takahashi.
-Rakai'Thwei
